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A BRIEF HAND-LIST OF THE 

COLLECTIONS RESPECTING THE LIFE AND 
WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, AND THE 
HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES 
OF STRATFORD- 
UPON-AVON, 
FORMED BY THE LATE ROBERT BELL WHELER, 

THE HISTORIAN OF STRATFORD, 

AND PRESENTED BY HIS SISTER, MISS WHELER, TO THAT 

TOWN, TO BE PRESERVED FOR EVER IN THE 

SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY AND 

MUSEUM. 












LONDON: 

PRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS. 
1863. 




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PREFACE. 




OR upwards of half a century the late 
Mr. Wheler diligently occupied himfelf 
in the completion of one of the moft 
remarkable local antiquarian collections ever formed 
by a fingle individual. The following pages, being 
merely, as the title intimates, a brief hand-lift of 
thefe treafures, convey a very inadequate idea of 
their importance and value ; but as the conftruction 
of a more elaborate calendar would have required a 
considerable time, it was thought that a fketch of the 
contents of the collection would be an acceptable 
firft- offering to the public, efpecially to the inhabi- 



vi PREFACE. 

tants of Stratford, who will not fail to appreciate the 
generofity of Mifs Wheler in prefenting the Town 
with fo important a gift, and the judgment which 
dictated the place of its locality. It would not only 
have been fad, and an injury to the local topo- 
graphical literature, had thefe collections, formed by 
fo much labour and anxiety, ever been difperfed ; but 
they would have loft much of their intereft and value 
had they been allowed to depart from Stratford. 

The late Robert Bell Wheler was born at Strat- 
ford on January ift, 1785, in the houfe in Old 
Town in which he continued to refide during his life, 
and where he died on July 15th, 1857, aged 72. 
His father, Mr. Robert Wheler, his predecefTor in 
his profeflion of a folicitor, entered the office of Mr. 
Bradley, the Town-Clerk, and a folicitor of large 
practice, in January, 1757. He died in Auguft, 
1819, aged 77. His fon, the object of this notice, 
was articled to him, but, unlike moft articled clerks, 
he ferved no part of his time in London, merely 
going there for about a month at the time of his 



PREFACE. vii 

admiffion. His affection for Stratford, and love for 
Shakefperian purfuits, were fo intenfe that he never 
feemed to be happy out of his native town ; fo that, 
in the whole courfe of his long life, he fpent very 
little portion of his time indeed out of Stratford. In 
early life he was a member of the Stratford volunteer 
corps, and he afterwards became a commiffioned offi- 
cer, a lieutenant and quarter-mafter, in the third regi- 
ment of the Warwickshire local militia ftationed at 
Stratford, in which capacity he was much efteemed 
by his brother officers and by Colonel Sheldon, then 
in command of the regiment. 

Mr. Wheler's firft work, and that by which he is 
chiefly known, is the admirably compiled " Hiftory 
and Antiquities of Stratford-upon-Avon," publifhed 
in 1806. His next feparate production was a 
"Guide to Stratford-upon-Avon," 18 14, one which 
is well termed by a diftinguifhed writer, " a very 
fuperior book to many which bear a fimilar title," 
Hunter on Shake/pear e, i. 107. This was followed, 
in 1824, by his excellent fketch of the hiftory of 



viii PREFACE. 

Shakefpeare's Birth-place. Befides thefe works, he 
was the writer of feveral articles of intereft in the 
" Gentleman's Magazine" and other periodicals. 

His publifhed works, however, form but a fmall 
part of the remits of his labours, the extent of which 
will only be duly eftimated by the careful examiner 
of the prefent collection. Upon his autograph 
manufcripts in this collection will henceforth reft 
his principal title to literary diftinction, and in 
fecuring them for ever to Stratford, his furviving 
fifter, Mifs Anne Wheler, has paid the beft poflible 
tribute to his memory, and realized his own moft 
probable afpirations. 

J. O. Halliwell. 

March i8tt>, 1863. 



THE WHELER COLLECTION. 





THE WHELER COLLECTION. 



OLLECTANEA DE STRATFORD. 

4 to. MS. 

This marvellous example of the re- 
fults of the unrivalled induftry and accuracy of the 
late Mr. Wheler, in 536 quarto pages, fo minutely 
written, that a tranfcript in ordinary calligraphy 
would fill half-a-dozen volumes of a like fize, well 
deferves to be placed in the fore-front of this little 
hand-lift ; and the rather that we are enabled to add 
an excellent index to the principal contents of the 



4 THE WHELER 

volume, from the equally accurate pen of W. O. 
Hunt, Efq. 

Astroits, or Star Stones, found in great plenty at Baden 

(now called Bordon) Hill. See Gent. Mag. June 

1794, vol. 64, p. 505 to 508 . . . 197 

Avon. Account of a great flood in 1588 . 393 

River made navigable to Stratford in 1637 . 200 

Correfpondence between the Corporation of Coventry 

and Wm. Sandys, Efq., and a Letter from the King 

(Chas. II.) to the Corporation of Coventry as to 

extending the navigation to the city of Coventry, 

March, 1663-64. ..... 157 

Petition to Parliament from the Corporation of Strat- 
ford regarding the navigation and tonnage of the 
Avon, 1 75 1 . . . . . . 404 

Bishopton Chapel. Founded by Sir Wm. Bifhopton 

as a Chauntry, temp. Edward III. 47, 67, 68 

Regifter, commencing 1590 . . . 271 

Bell, mowing where it was in 1833 . . 463 

Bishopton. The Church-houfe of Stratford was fold for 

40/. and paid to Mr. Henry Smith of Stratford, who 

was by his land at Bifhopton to fecure 50^. per annum 

for ever unto the Church from Midfummer, 1630 

213 



COLLECTION. 5 

Barnard, Mrs. (Shakefpeare's grand-daughter). 28 
June, 1650. Mrs. Barnard for Shottery CornTithes 
of the yearly value of 120/. was rated 6/. up to the 
pound rent. See " Nafh, Mrs. Elizabeth" 217 
Bridgetown. Hermitage and Chapel, on the fite where 
the Shoulder of Mutton Inn now Hands. Sir John 
Clopton built a large houfe here about 1677, which 
was afterwards converted into an Inn called the 
Bear, and was kept by William Bradford (fee his 
Token amongft the " Stratford Tokens"). It was 
the largeft public Inn in thefe parts, till it was 
ruined by Mr. Payton coming to the White Lion, 
from which time it went to decay, and was used as 
a Warehoufe till fitted up in 1793 for the refi- 
dence of a Tenant who rented one of the Clopton 
Farms at this place . . , . 199 

Bridge. An Account of the Bridge . . 194 

Orders of Court for repairing it . 143, 195, 202 

Bridge wall thrown and repaired by the Corporation, 
1666 167 

Bridge wall mended. Sack and wine to Sir Edwd. 
Walker, 1672 167 

Paid for cleaning the Bridge when King William and 
Queen Mary were coming, is. 6d., 1695 167 

Subfcription for raifing the Walls, 1696 . 489 



6 THE TVHELER 

The Corporation petition Parliament to confider 
means for repairing it. About Charles II. 's time 

139 

Meafure of each of the 14 arches and 13 piers 143 
Breadth of the River at the Bridge, 414 ft. 6 in. 143 

Bowling Green. The Chapel Orchard let for fifty 
{hillings for a Bowling Green . . 167 

Brookhouse. An Account of the Brookhoufe, the fite 
of which was purchafed by Mr. Wm. Hunt in 
1769, and forms part of the Summer Houfe Garden 
towards the River .... 467 

Clopton. Account of the Clopton Family 175 to 190 

Clopton, Sir Hugh. Sheriff of London, 2 Hen. VII., 
i486. Kept his Mayoralty in the Old Jewry, 

I49 2 5 8 

Clopton, Sir John. Owner of the Pew on the North 
fide of the nave, eafterly, belonging to New Place, 

1692 225 

Refigns Recorderfhip, 1709 . . . 136 

Clopton, Hugh. Senefchal, 26 April, 1709 . 227 

Appointed Deputy Steward of Stratford, 1721 137 

Knighted, 1732 298 

Clopton, Mrs. Martha. Widow of Edw. Clopton, 
late of Clopton, Efq., then refiding in London, 
owned the Houfe (adjoining Mr. Wheler's) occu- 



COLLECTION. 7 

pied as a School by Mrs. Pitt, afterwards by Mifs 
Williams, then by Mifs Soden, fince by Mifs Bate- 
man, and now (1862) by Mifs Whittle, 8 April, 

1729 • 229 

Charnel House. It. the Mifter's ftudye over the Bone- 
houfe to be repayred, 1620 . . . 211 

The moft ancient part of the Church . 198 

Ordered to be taken down, 4 July, 1799 — a faculty 
for the purpofe obtained — directions given as to its 
removal. A part of the ftone was ufed in building 
Mr. Oldaker's Houfe in Mill Clofe . 237 

College. Survey of property at the diflblution of reli- 
gious houfes, 37 Hen. VIII., 1545 . 59 
Church House. To be tranflated into tenements for the 
benefit of the Church, 1619 . . . 211 
To be fold — feveral orders of Veftry relating thereto, 
1624101630 , . . . 212,213 
Church. The Churchwardens cited to Worcefter be- 
caufe the Church and Bells were out of order, and 
other prefentments made for not having the Book 
called God and the King. 24 0£t. 16 17. 
The Pulpit removed. 1617. 

Porch Gates coft 3/. 13*. 4^., 5 Dec. 161 7 208 

A Net to keep the Birds out of the Belfry paid for, 

35. 6d., 161 7 209 



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Orders of Veftry for repairs of the Church, 1619 211 
Faculty for the Corporation old Seats, 1635 384 

Weft Window repaired and glazed, 1694 . 225 
Faculty to erecl: a Gallery in the Church, 1754 385 
Agreed to raife the Tower of the Church, 12 Aug. 

1763 2 3 2 

Agreed to erecl: a new Spire of Stone, inftead of raifing 
the Tower as agreed at a former Meeting, 4 Sept. 

I7 6 3 ■ 2 3 2 

The Pulpit, Reading Defk, and Clark's Seat removed 
from the eaft central pillar fouth fide, to the middle 
aifle, nearly under the Organ, and oppofite the weft 
window — a faculty obtained. An eftimate to be 
made for new pewing the Church, 1792 236 

Requifition for erecting an additional Gallery in the 
Church, 181 1 387 

An Examination of the Tower and Spire, which were 
confidered in danger, and the report of Mr. Wyatt, 
architect, thereon, 18 10 . . . 431 

Churchyard. Stating who are the parties liable to re- 
pair the Churchyard Wall, and for what length, 
161 1. [Anthony Nam, the father of Thomas 
Nam, who married Shakefpeare's grand-daughter, 
was prefent, reprefenting Wellcombe] . 239 

Another entry, mewing the proportions of each, 1763 

347 



COLLECTION. 9 

All the trees in the Churchyard to be cut down and 
fold to repair the Church. If trees belong to the 
Corporation, the value to be paid by a parochial 
levy, but the lop beftowed on the Vicar. Trees 
cut down and fold for 29/. 4.S. n*/., 22 Dec. 1622 

211 

Mr. John Hunt having paved the Walk from the 
Church Gate to the Church Door at his own proper 
cofl, the Churchwardens are at their firft conve- 
veniency to put up polls and rails in a handfome 
and decent manner to preferve the walk from being 
abufed by horfes or any other way, 1720 228 

Sir John Clopton, Kt., Edward Clopton, and Hugh 
Clopton, Efqs. (his fons), and R. Tyler, Gent., or- 
dered two trees (opposite the College Gates ) ftanding 
in the Churchyard, to be cut down, and ufed in re- 
pairing the Vicar's Houfe or Outhoufes, by virtue 
of a Rule of Court, 11 March, 17 16 . 227 

The right of a Carriage Road into the Churchyard 
claimed by Mrs. Partheriche of Clopton and others 
difputed, 1788 235 

Trees in the middle walk to be fupported and arched, 

I79 8 -236 

Chancel. The Chancel repaired by a Levy upon the 
c 



io THE WHELER 

Tithe owners, proportions ftated, 15 Dec. 1648, 

28 June, 1650 259 

The like, 14 Dec. 1790 .... 26c 
Chapel. Infcription on the Chapel Bells, 1633 — 1782 

391 

Crab Tree. See " Shakefpeare's Crab Tree." 

Forster, Sir Reginald. A Monument to the Memory 
of him and Dame Mary his wife, againft the eaft 
wall of the fouth aifle in the Parifh Church 225 

Falcon Inn. Jofeph Phillips occupied the Falcon in 
1673. See his Token among the " Stratford 
Tokens," 1668 ..... 277 

Guild of Holy Cross. Inventory of goods and orna- 
ments, temp. Hen. VI., 12 July, 1458 . 54 
Survey of property at the diflolution of Religious 
Houfes, 37 Hen. VIII., 1545 . . 60 

Grubb, Edward, Stone Carver and Portrait Painter, an 
account of ..... 408 

Hall, Mr. John (Dr. Hall), Elected by the Vicar to 
be Churchwarden, but excepted againft becaufe he 
lived in the Borough. Entry fubfequently can- 
celled . . . . . . . 214 

Harts. Abftracl of Title Deeds relating to Houfes in 
Henley Street, formerly belonging to the Poet 
Shakefpeare . . . . . . 123 



COLLECTION. n 

Huckell, John, an account of . . . 411 

Inns. — The Bear. The Bear Inn (now the Old Red 
Lion), at the fouth-eaft end of Bridge Street, con- 
veyed from Adrian Quiney to Richard Godwin, 

1567 530 

The Falcon. The Falcon Inn was kept by Jofeph 
Phillips in 1673 : ^ ee a biU of his to the Corporation 
for Wine. He was a Witrfefs to the conveyance 
from Lady Barnard's Truftees to Sir Edward 
Walker, of New Place, in 1675 . . 277 
J. Phillips refided at the Falcon in 1668. See 
his Token amongft the " Stratford Tokens" 155 
On the 8th of June, 1657, Alice Bellamy and 
others convey to Richard* Phillips, of Stratford-on- 
Avon, Painter, a mefluage or tenement, Gatehoufe, 
Backfide, and Garden, in the occupation of Bridgett 
Wafhbrook, Widow ; fituated in Chapel Street on 
the weft part of faid Street, the land of Hugh Taylor 
being on the fouth fide, the land of the Bailiff", &c. 
on the north j the barn of faid Alice Bellamy on 
the weft. 

* Richard Phillips was appointed by Sir Edward Walker, Garter 
principal King of Arms, to paint the King's Arms in all churches 
and chapels. See Wheler's MSS. " Colleclanea de Stratford," p. 277. 
Query, was Richard Phillips father of the above Jofeph ? 



i2 THE JVHELER 

Thefe premifes could not be the prefent Falcon 
Inn, which is bounded on the fouth by Scholars 
Lane, but might aniwer the defcription of the ad- 
joining two houfes, formerly one, which was bounded 
on the north by Corporation property, occupied by 
John Canning. Richard Phillips is conjectured by 
Captain Saunders to be the perfon who painted the 
firft fign of the Falcon. 

Jordan, John, called the Poet Jordan, died July, 1809, 
buried near the fite of the Charnel Houfe ; a tablet 
to his memory is over the fite, at the back of Shake- 
fpeare's Monument .... 200 

King Charles II. His Majefty's own account of his 
efcape from the battle of Worcefter, defcribing his 
paffing through Stratford . . . 273 

Keyte, Sir W. Refided at Stratford College, 370. Ac- 
count of his extraordinary life and death . 373 

Luddington belonged to the College of Stratford 63 

Chapel Bell, infcription on it . . . 144 

Order of Seffions for Luddington to pay poor levies 

to the Borough of Stratford, 7 Jan. 1650 278 

Lucy. Richard Lucie, Efq. fummoned by Oliver Crom- 
well to Parliament as a Member for the County of 
Warwick, a drawing of the feal and facfimile of 
Cromwell's fignature .... 197 



COLLECTION. 13 

Long Marston. Jack which King Charles II. wound 

U P J 99> 275 

Land. Several pieces of land belonging to the Church- 
wardens, by the fide of the Alcefter Turnpike Road, 
let to different Tenants at fixed rents, 19 April, 
1808 238 

Mulberry Tree (no fcion from it). Mr. Wheler ftates 
that it is well known that neither the Mulberry- 
Tree in New Place (Bowling Green) Garden, nor 
in Mr. Batterfbee's Garden, nor in the Lion Gar- 
den, nor any other reprefented as fuch, fprung from 
Shakefpeare's Tree .... 369 

A Box made from the Tree prefented to the Prince of 
Wales (afterwards George IV.), 1 Sept. 1806. A 
full account of the Prefentation . . 146 

Mason. An account of the Mafon family and their 
property at Stratford .... 278 

Mill Bridge. Deed of Covenant from the Corporation 
of Stratford to keep the Mill Bridge in perpetual 
repair, 1 May, 1618 .... 487 

Nash, Edward, Esc^., of Stratford, Captain in Crom- 
well's Army. Coufin german, fir ft coufin to 
Thomas Nafh, Efq. who married Shakefpeare's 
grand-daughter . . . . . 151 

Is not this the fame perfon whom Lady Barnard 



H THE WHELER 

in her will, dated 20 Jan. 1669, calls her " loving 
coufin Edward Nafh, Efquire," and directs that he 
fhall have the firft offer of New Place and the other 
Shakefpeare property? — W. O. H. 

Nash, Mrs. Elizabeth. Mrs. Elizabeth Nafh for 
Shottery Corn Tithes of the yearly value of 100/. 
was rated 5/. being 5 per cent upon the annual 
value, towards repairing the Chancel, 15 Dec. 
1648. See " Barnard, Mrs." . . 217 

Nashe, Thomas, Esq., who married Shakefpeare's grand- 
daughter, was fon of Mr. Anthony Nafhe of Wel- 
combe ....... 240 

Nason, the Rev. Stephen, Vicar of Stratford from 
1763 to 1787. Defcription of a Tablet to his 
memory . . . . . . 116 

Oaths. A Roll of thofe Inhabitants to whom the Oaths 
of Allegiance, Supremacy, and Abjuration were 
adminiftered at the Borough Quarter Seflions in 

1723 165 

Population of the Parifh of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1764 

146 

Of the Borough in 1765 was 2287 and the names of 

the Inhabitants given .... 507 

Plan and Survey of Stratford, made by Mr. Samuel 

Winter, Schoolmafter of Stratford in 1759 146 











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COLLECTION. 15 

Partheriche, Mrs. Frances, only furviving daughter of 
Edward, fon of Edward Clopton, eldeft fon of Sir 
John Clopton and Barbara his wife, fole daughter 
and heirefs of Sir Edward Walker, Knt., an ac- 
count of ..... 197 

Quiney, George, Curate of Stratford, born in 1600, 
died of confumption, buried 1624. Was brother 
of Thomas Quiney, who married Shakefpeare's 
youngeft daughter Judith . . . 240 

Shakespeare's Monument. A full account of the pro- 
ceedings taken when it was repaired and beautified 
by Mr. John Hall in 1748 . . . 148 

Shoulder of Mutton Inn. See " Bridgetown" 199 

Swan Inn. The Swan Inn, called the Old Swan Inn 
previous to 1647, was at tne north-eaft end of Bridge 
Street, and was taken down by Mr. Richard Smith, 
Tobacconift and Mayor in 1754, who on the fire 
erected two large Houfes facing the Bridge 219 

Southern's Lane, called fo from a family of the name 
of Southerne who lived in Old Town and owned 
molt of the property in that lane . . 409 

George Southerne was Chamberlain in 1678 167 

Shakespeare's Crab Tree. An account of the tradition 
of Shakefpeare fleeping under a Crab Tree near 
Bidford, 1794 ... . 201 



16 THE WHELER 

Stratford Register. Extracts from, commencing 

1553 3 01 

Shottery. Devifed to Richard Harewell, 16 Richard II., 

1392, Said Harewell lies buried before the Altar 

of St. Andrew the Apoflle in the Church of the 

Holy Trinity, Stratford . . . 151 

An account of Shottery from Sir Simon Archer's MSS. 

360, 362 
Orders of the fields and meadows of Shottery 378 

Stratford-upon-Avon. Names of the Inhabitants upon 
whom a Levy was made for the repair of the 
Church, 13 October, 1617, and the account thereof, 
7 April, 1618, mewing the Inhabitants of the feveral 
Wards, and the amount of their refpeitive rates 
paid ....... 203 

Statement of intended rate in 1801, Inhabitants at that 
time ....... 415 

An account of the Inhabitants in 1765 . . 507 

Sexton, his fees fettled. 1 December, 1680 . 223 

Sparrows, yl. per dozen for fparrows and fparrows' 

eggs to be paid by Churchwardens . . 237 

Stafford, Sir Thomas, faid to have been an illegitimate 

fon of the Earl of Totnefs, fome account of 297 

Shakespeare's Hall (the Town Hall). A Lift of the 

Subfcribers to the fund for rebuilding the Hall in 

1767. See "Town Hall" . . . 427 



COLLECTION. i 7 

Shakespeare's Seal-ring. An account of the Finger 

Ring with the initials W. S. found at Stratford 470 

Totness. Lord Carew, created Earl of Totnefs, 1 

Charles I. 1625 280 

His Portrait at Gorhambury. Engraving by Voerft 296 

Extracts from his Will .... 294 

Town Hall. The Hall blown up during the Civil 

Wars, 1642 491 

Tokens. Defcription of Tokens ifTued by Inhabitants 

of Stratford . . ' . . . 155 

Walker, Sir Edward. Royal Orders and Warrants 

in which Sir Edward's name appears . 132 

Sometime domeftic fervant to Thomas, Earl of Arundel 

296 

Correfpondence refpecling grants of Arms 299, 300 

Warwick Hospital, the Earl of Leicefter's. Petitions 

in favour of Candidates from Stratford . 38 1 

Yaranton. His project for forming an extenfive colony 

and trading eftablifhment in Bridgetown in 1677 

200 



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i. 



rm CURIOUS and valuable collection of tokens 
Js|l^l and medals, fc. : — 

Lavvrance and Elizabeth Horwood. n. d. 

Francis Smith his halfe-penny. n. d. 

John Efon. 1657. 

I. B. in Stratford, mercer. n. d. A fingle 
fpecimen only, found at Stratford in February, 1848. 

Richard Hickes. The Angel, his halfpeny. 
n. d. 

John Boulton, carrier, n. d. 

Edward Rogers, bookbinder, 1668. 

Tokens of provincial bookbinders are of unufual 
occurrence, and it is rather curious that Stratford fhould 
at fo early a period have fupported this fpecial trade. 

Thomas Taylour of Stratford-upon-Avon. n. d, 

John Willmor. Stratford, n. d. 

Daniel Mafon, 1668. Grocers' Arms. 

Daniel Mafon. n. d. 

Edward Smith in Stratford upon Avon. n. d. 



COLLECTION. 19 

William Bradford at the Bear in Bridgtown. n. d. 
Samuel Phillips. 1652. 
Jofeph Phillips at the Falcon. 1668. 
Mulberry Tree Inn. W. Court. Modern. 
Warwickfhire Halfpenny. 179 1 . 

A duplicate inferior example is alfo kept, becaufe it 
is marked as having been found at the Birth-Place in 
1862. 

Richard Hunt, 1651 and 1667. 
Borough of Stratford halfpenny, 1669. 

11 Agreed that 6 lbs. of halfpence be bought and 
ftamped with the Corporation armes upon them, and 
delivered into the hands of the Chamberlynes to ex- 
change the fame, and what profit mail accrue by 
putting them forth fhall be layed out for the benefitt 
of the poore." — Corporation MSS.^ 1669. 

There is an order dated October 1, 1669, " for 
other perfons who have put forth halfpence, etc., to 
call them in under a penalty." 

A Shakefpeare halfpenny, n. d. 

Three Nuremberg tokens, two found at the Mill 



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in 1855, the other (the one with a crofs) on the fite 
of Luddington Chapel in April, 1844. 

Three filver coins of Charles the Firft, one of 
which is noted by Mr. Wheler as having been found 
in February, 1839, on taking down the old Work- 
houfe in Henley Lane at the corner of Hell Lane. 

A Queen Anne's farthing, 17 14, of the common 
type. 

A farthing of the year 1675, f° un d in the garden 
of Shakefpeare's Birth-Place, June, 1862. 



3- 
?§fi| SERIES of Roman Coins, firft, fecond, and 
ffe^t third brafs, found at Stratford-on-Avon be- 
tween the years 1800 and 1856. They confift of 
about eighty fpecimens, ranging from Germanicus, 
b.c. 15, to Gratianus, a. d. 367; including Nero, 
Vefpafian, Antoninus Pius, Verus, Commodus, 
Philippus, Poftumus, Gallienus, Maximianus, 
Claudius Gothicus, Tetricus, Conftantine, Crifpus, 



COLLECTION. 21 

Decentius, Magnentius, and Gratianus. The only 
emprefs whofe coins appear among the feries is 
Faustina the younger, wife of Marcus Aurelius. As 
ufual with hoards of coins found in England, thofe 
of Conftantine greatly preponderate ; in this inftance 
about half the entire number belonging to the reign 
of that emperor. There are no remarkable or rare 
reverfes in the collection, the moft interesting being 
thofe of Antoninus Pius, with Britannia feated on a 
rock, and thofe ftruck by the ufurping Roman 
governors Caraufius and Alleclus, in Britain. 

All thefe, with one exception, were found at Strat- 
ford-on-Avon, the exception confifting of a third brafs, 
vrbs . roma, with the wolf and twins on the reverfe, 
found at Welcombe in 18 31. 



4- 
SERIES of about forty Roman Coins, flmi- 
lar to the above, generally in bad condition. 

They were found at Stratford-on-Avon in various 

years before 1 800. 



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5- 
HIRTEEN filver pennies of Henry the 

rQl Third, all with fhort crofs reverfes, found at 
the Crofs-on-the-Hill. 

Forty-feven pennies of Edward I., Edward II., 
and Edward III., minted in various cities, none rare. 
Found at the fame place. 

Eighteen groats and half-groats of Edward I., 
Edward II., and Edward III., fifteen minted at 
London, two at Canterbury, and one at York. 
Found at the fame place. 

Ten groats, half-groats, and pennies of Henry 
V. and Henry VII., minted at Calais and Canter- 
bury. Found at the fame place. 

Thefe coins, and thofe in the two laft articles, were 
kindly arranged by F. W. Fairholt, Efq., F.S.A. 



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6. 
IISCELLANIES collected by R. B. Wheler, 
including original papers by Jordan, inven- 
tory of the goods at Stratford College in 1796, 
handbills diftributed at the Jubilee, papers refpecling 
the gunpowder plot, 1605-6, inventory of the fix- 
tures at New Place, 1753, brief for the fire, 16 14, 
Extenta manerii de Veteri Stratford, 1252, pedigree 
of the Hart family, &c. In one volume, folio. 

7- 
jgj§f HE Works of Mr. William Shakefpear. In 
sg|Jgg' ten volumes. Published by Mr. Pope and 
Dr. Sewell. Poft 8vo. Lond. 1728. Plates. 



jg|URLING (Captain). Foreft Youth, or 
Shakfpere as he Lived. An Hiftorical Tale. 
8vo. Lond. 1853. Frontifpiece of the Birth- 
Place. 



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9- 
TRATFORD-UPON-AVON Grammar 
School, Tercentenary Volume. i2mo. 
1853. It includes an Addrefs by the Rev. T. R. 
Medwin on the hiftory of the Grammar School. 



10. 
" GILT table" from the China clofet at 
Stratford College, purchafed at the fale of 
the effects of the College in 1797. 



1 1. 
HREE volumes of Shakefperian fcraps and 
correfpondence, nearly all modern, collected 
by R. B. Wheler. 8vo. All are lettered, ff Mis- 
cellanies collected by R. B. Wheler." They include 
the rare complete fet of the Stratford Theatrical 
Review, 1827; a bill with the autograph of Shax- 



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peer Hart, 1695 ; Portrait of James Cooke ; fcarce 
engravings of localities at Stratford ; poems by 
Jofeph Greene, 1733 ; memoranda by Malone on 
fires at Stratford ; Sketches of the Folly Houfe in 
Middle Row, the Water Side, Shakefpeare's Great 
Garden, &c. 



12. 
[ODERN Shakefperian works, including 
Collier's New Facts, 1835 ; his New Par- 
ticulars, 1836 ; Edwards on Finger Rings, 1855 ; 
Huckell's Avon, 1 8 1 1 ; Poems, with Life by Dyce, 
1832 ; Ward's Diary, 1839 ; Ayfcough's Index to 
Shakefpeare, 1790; Green's Legend of the Crab- 
tree, 1857 ; and a number of Shakfperian pamphlets 
of recent date. 



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l 3- 

ff ISTORY and Antiquities of Stratford-upon - 
J Avon, comprifing a Defcription of the Col- 
legiate Church, the Life of Shakefpeare, and copies 
of feveral Documents relating to him and his Family 
never before printed, by R. B. Wheler. 8vo. The 
author's interleaved copy, with manufcript notes. 



14. 

GUIDE to Stratford-upon Avon, by R. B. 

Wheler. 8vo. Stratford-upon- Avon, 1 8 1 4. 
The author's interleaved copy, with manufcript 
notes. 

1 S- 
■ N Account of an Analyfis made on the Strat- 
ford Mineral Waters, by Charles Perry, 
M.D. 8vo. Northampton, 1744. Short Remarks 
on Dr. Perry's Analyfis made on the Stratford 



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Mineral Waters, by William Baylies, junior. 8vo. 
Stratford-upon-Avon, 1745. Interleaved in one 
volume, with manufcript notes by R. B. Wheler. 



16. 
|§fS| ELECT Obfervations on Englifh Bodies of 
S^^E Eminent Perfons in Defperate Difeafes, firft 
written in Latin by John Hall, phyfician, after 
Englifhed by James Cook. The third edition. 
8vo. 1683. Interleaved. 



17- 
DIARY of a Journal of a Tour through 
Scotland, by the Rev. Francis Gaftrel, 1760. 
A manufcript including notices of Shakfperian loca- 
lities in Scotland. 4-to. 




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IjOLLECTIONS by the poet Jordan, in- 
cluding the original manufcript of Welcombe 
Hills, 1776; lift of fubfcribers to ditto ; apanegyric 
on fome worthy men who were natives and bene- 
factors to the town of Stratford, 1791 ; notes of 
monuments in Stratford Church ; addrefs to the 
volunteers of Stratford-upon-Avon ; a {ketch of the 
room in which Jordan was born ; and a fragment of 
a life of Shakefpeare. 



19. 
ISCELLANIES collected by R. B. Wheler, 
a thick quarto volume containing a great 
variety of curious papers, chiefly modern, but in- 
terfperfed are feveral of intereft, and fome of an- 
tiquity, e.g. Sir Edward Grevyle's minutes to the 
Corporation " aboutes the corne paid to the towne 
for kepinge paved and cleane fwept the markett- 




SHAKSfEi K ?. 



n ///■ ■ ^W^ ^'4' '<//-/•, 



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place there ;" autograph letter of Dr. Parr refpecling 
an infcription for the AlmsHoufes, 1823 ; a broad- 
fide ballad of King Lear and his three daughters ; 
a bill of fale of the Birth-Place, 1805 5 an outline 
fketch of the head of the poet Jordan ; fketches of 
Mr. Hunt's fummer-houfe and garden, the Indepen- 
dent chapel and old houfes in the Rother Street, 
John Noble's tomb, &c. 



20. 

|||§ VOLUME of original letters from Malone 
V? to Jordan, from 1790 to 1799. 4to. 



21. 

^^OPIES of the old Bye Laws of the Corpo- 
ration of Stratford-upon-Avon. 4to. MS. 



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22. 



. . HE Hiftory of Stratford-upon-Avon, by R. 
^ B. Wheler. The Stratford Guide, by the 
fame. 4to. The author's original manufcripts. 



2 3- 
ligHE album kept at Stratford Church, in which 
^l© are infcribed the names of vifitors to the 
tomb of Shakefpeare between the years 1 804 and 
1824. 4to. 



24. 
COPY of the inventory of the furniture, 
&c. at Stratford College. 4to. 



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|R. WHELER'S collections on the Jubilee, 
containing much curious matter refpecling 
the Garrick Jubilee, contemporary newfpapers, 
Garrick's Ode, 1769, copies of letters of Garrick 
and others, old portraits, Jubilee cards and tickets, 
&c. 4to. 

26. 
S|p COLLECTION of original papers relating 
Jjtgj to Church matters at Stratford-upon-Avon, 
commencing with prefentments of the Church- 
wardens, 1 7 20- 1 , having the autograph of Shaxpeer 
Hart, old inventories, orders for penance, &c. 
Folio. 

27. 
R. William Shakefpeare's Comedies, Hif- 
tories, and Tragedies, publifhed according to 
the true originall Copies. London, Printed by 
Ifaac Jaggard, and Edward Blount, 1623. Folio. 
The firft edition. A large fragment only. 



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28. 
\R. William Shakefpeare's Comedies, Hif- 
tdries, and Tragedies. Publifhed according 
to the true originall Copies. The fecond Impreffion. 
London, Printed by Thomas Cotes for Robert 
Allot, and are to be fold at his mop at the figne of 
the Blacke Beare, in Paul's Church-yard. 1632. 
Folio. 



29. 
R. William Shakefpear's Comedies, Hif- 
tories, and Tragedies, Publifhed according 
to the true originall Copies. The third Impreffion. 
Folio. London, Printed for P. C. 1664. 

There is a copy of the fourth folio in the Mufeum, 
prefented by W. O. Hunt, Efq. 



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3°- 
ELCOMBE Hills, an Hiftorical and De- 
fcriptive Poem by John Jordan of Stratford- 
on-Avon, wheelwright, with the original propofals, 
and lifts of fubfcribers. 4to. 1777. Manufcript • 



3 1 - 

fHE printed edition of the fame. 1777. 
4to. 

32. 
UDITH, a Sacred Drama, as Performed in 
the Church of Stratford-upon-Avon on 
occafion of the Jubilee held there, 1769. 4to. 



33- 
1VON. A Poem. 4to. Birmingham, 175: 




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34- 
pN Account of the Jubilee held at Stratford- 
upon-Avon in honour of Shakefpeare, 1769, 
by R. B. Wheler. Fol. Manufcript. 



35- 
piOPIES of certificates of Chauntries,Hofpitals, 
Colleges, &c, by R. B. Wheler. 4to. 

Manufcript. 

36. 
ISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS, 
fc.:— 

Deeds refpe&ing the old Red Lion Inn, &c, 
Arnold's, in Bridge Street, commencing with a deed 
of feoffment from Adrian Quiney to Richard God- 
win, 1567. 

Feoffment from John Stratford and John Barnard 
to Thomas Swayn of premifes in Sheep Street, 147 1 . 




lup'avedteJJo 



FULKE GliEVILLE, LORD 1JUOOKE 



ri:oM mi-: mi k;i.\ \i.. i \ rnr: < ■< >i ,i .!■: fi nx 



THE RIGHT HCHSTSP LORD WILL OUGHBY DE BROKE. 



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Autograph and Seal of W. Combe, Efq. 

Leafe of the Bancroft Trees, 1700. 

Subfcriptions for raiflng the walls of Stratford 
Great Stone Bridge, 2 Ocl. 1696. 

The Corporation to Lord Carew — Deed of 
Covenant for keeping the Mill Bridge at Stratford 
in perpetual repair, 1 May, 16 18. 

Articles to fecure the payment of 5/. yearly for 
educating Mrs. Woolmer's Charity Children, 1725. 

Faculty for a gallery in Stratford Church, 1754. 

Re-leafe of the Newly-erecled Meeting-houfe, 
1714. 

The Award of Sir Fulke Grevile and others 
refpecling the Churchyard, &c, 5 Od. 33 Eliz. 
1591. 

Counterpart of the Conveyance of Stratford 
Churchyard in truft to fecure the rights of Sepulture 
there to the Parifhioners, 1700. 

Blackford to Blackford — Feoffment of a third 
part of half a burgage in Sheep Street, 1503. 



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37- 
^.HOTOGRAPHS of the refidence of the late 
R. B. Wheler, now of Mifs Wheler, front 
and back views. 

38. 
§«| CATALOGUE of the Furniture of Mr. 
f|l^| George Beauchamp, deceafed, which will 
begin to be fold by auclion at his late dwelling at 
Stratford on Dec, ift, 1768. 



39- 
Jg CATALOGUE of the late Mrs. Barodale's 
effecls, late of High Street, 177 1. 



40. 
CATALOGUE of the library of the late 
John Mafon,Efq. of Stratford-upon-Avon, 
1761. 



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41. 
CATALOGUE of the Furniture of Mrs. 
Jane Bradley of Old Stratford, 178 1. 



42. 
LARGE folio volume of Mifcellanies, col- 
lected by R. B. Wheler, containing fketches, 
engravings, pedigrees, &c. ; chiefly of recent date, 
but including feveral curious fcraps of the laft 
century, and fome numbers of the Stratford Journal, 
1749-50 to 1753. 

43- 
iN Hiftorical and Defcriptive Account of the 
Birth-place of Shakefpeare by R. B. Wheler, 
with lithographic illuftrations by C. F. Green. 4to. 
Stratford-upon-Avon, 1824. The author's own 
copy, interleaved, with manufcript additions, and 
numerous additional illuftrations. 4to. 



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44. 

jig HE Hiftory and Antiquities of Stratford- 
upon-Avon, by John Jordan of Stratford. 
4to. The author's holograph manufcript. 



45- 
POWER of Attorney to give poffeffion of 
half a burgage in Sheep Street, 1479. 
Grant of half a burgage in Sheep Street — Gardener 
and Blackwell to Blackford, 1504. 

The Corporation to Roger Green, mylner — Leafe 
of a houfe in Henley Street, John Shakefpeare 
Chamberlain, 1562. 

The Confent of the Freeholders for the building 
of the Brick Barne in the Guild Pitts, n. d. 

Blackford to Smyth — Conveyance of Premifes in 
Sheep Street, 1598. Hamnet Sadler is a witnefs 
to this deed. 



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46. 
^^^UBILEE Commemoration Medal, 18 16. 



47- 
gft||HAKESPE ARE'S Garland, being a Collec- 
SlJliE tion of New Songs, Ballads, Roundelays, 
Catches, Glees, Comic Serenatas, &c, performed at the 
Jubilee at Stratford-upon-Avon, 1769. Programme 
of a Concert at Shakefpeare's Hall at Stratford, 1775. 
Britton's Remarks on the Monumental Buft of 
Shakefpeare, 18 16. Songs, Chorufes, &c, in the 
Mufical Afterpiece called Garrick's Jubilee, 18 16. 
Jackfon (Z.), Few Concife Examples of Reftorations 
and Illustrations of Seven Hundred pafTages in 
Shakefpeare's Plays, 1 8 1 8 . A Catalogue of the neat 
and elegant Houfehold Furniture, Portraits, Pic- 
tures, Drawings, &c, of the College fituate in 
Stratford-upon-Avon, 1797. 8vo. in 1 vol. 



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H| N important volume of ancient Docu- 
ments relating to Stratford-upon-Avon, 
including: — 

Letter from Richard Lucy, Efq. and Lord Brooke 
to the Mayor of Stratford refpe&ing a fine impofed 
on Mr. William Higgins for non-attendance at the 
halls, 1665. 

Letter from George Lucy, Efq. of Charlecote, 
declining the office of Recorder, 1752. 

Poffeffions of Stratford College, 14 April, 7 
Edward VI. 

Letters to the Corporation, temp. Jac. I. 

" Roialties in Stratford belonginge to the Lord 
Trefourer and by him challenged," and other papers 
on the fubject of the royalties. 

Letter from Sir Robert Throgmorton and Sir 
Edward Grevill to the Corporation, defiring them 
to pay the ftipend to the Vicar, 1559. 

Letter from Anthony Langfton, Efq., Steward of 



COLLECTION. 41 

the Borough, to Mr. Henry Walker, the Bailiff, 
concerning the election of a new Steward. 

Memoranda respecting the Curate of Luddington 
and the tithes of different places within the Parifh 
of Old Stratford at the Diffolution. 

Roll of the Inhabitants of Stratford-upon-Avon 
who paid the fifteenths to the King, 7 Edward II. 

Begelyn to the Gild of John the Baptift — Grant 
of half a burgage in Rother Street, 1354. 

Petition from the Corporation to James I. for an 
alteration of their Charter. 

Ralph le Power to William de Way the — Leafe of 
a meffuage in Bridgtown and half a virgate of land 
in Clifford for the leffees' feveral lives, circa 1287. 

Ricardus Rufchby and Agnes his wife to Robert 
Arderne of a tenement in Snitterfield, 21 Dec. 11 
Hen. VIII. 

Citation to the prieft of the Guild to anfwer the 
complaint of the warden of New College, 142 8. 

John Webb al : Jolyf to Thomas Balfale, matter 



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of the Guild at Stratford and John Kynges, chap- 
lain — A power of attorney to give pofTeffion of certain 
premifes at Stratford and Dodwell to Thomas Jolyf 
and others, 1457 — (relates to eftates fettled by 
Thomas Jolyf on the Free School founded by him). 

Copy of the Corporation of Stratford's addrefs to 
Charles the Second, 29 October, 168 1. 

Conveyance of an eftate at Snitterfield from 
Robert Webbe to John Perkes, 1 Sept. 23 Eliz., 
made in anticipation of a marriage between the faid 
Robert and Mary Perkes. 

Henry de Urchulle to Emma his daughter — Grant 
of a houfe in Stratford, 7 Edw. III. 1333. 

Page to Bartilet — Grant of a tenement in High 
Street, 1332-3. 

Letter of Richarde Quiney on behalf " the poore 
futers for Stratforde uppon Avon whofe purfe is 
weakened with longe lyeinge in London." n. d. 

Paper " had from Auditor Kyng's Office, 16 
Maii, 1609," relating to the pofleffions of Stratford 
College. 



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Certificate of the Clerk of the Peace refpecting 
the repair of Stratford Bridge, 17 16. 

William Smart, A.B., Schoolmafter, and the 
Corporation — Agreement to make certain allowances 
out of the fchool matter's ftipend to Sir William 
Dalam, the fchoolmafter at the Diflblution, and for 
repairing the decayed houfes, 1555-6. 

Grant of a refidence and of an annuity of 8/. 
to Sir William Dalam, the late fchoolmafter, then 
fuperannuated, he having refigned his penfion of 10/. 
granted before the Diflblution. 1556. 

The Corporation to William Smart, A. B., 
fchoolmafter— Grant of 20/. per an. falary, 1555. 

Papers on the Stratford enclofures, 16 17. 

Faculty for the old feats in Stratford Parifh 
Church belonging to the Corporation, 1635. 

Letter from the Corporation to Sir Henry Yel- 
verton, Attorney-General to James I, refpedling the 
Corporation profecutions, 26 April, 16 19. 

Petition from the Corporation to Sir William 



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Cecil, Lord High Treafurer, for an alteration of the 
Charter granted by Edward the Sixth. 

A true Inventorie of the Goodes and Chatties of 
Thomas Hiccokes of Wellcomb deceafed, taken the 
xxij th of November, 1606. 

Mr. Richard Clerke's Letter to Mr. Edward 
Archepowle upon Law Matters relating to Lud- 
dington tithes, 1599. 

A Petition from the Corporation of Stratford- 
upon-Avon to the Lord Chief Juftice to reftrain 
William Combe efquire from enclofing Stratford 
common fields, with the injunction thereupon, 
1616. 



49- 
1^1 HE original Fine levied on the purchafe of 
New Place by Shakefpeare, Eafter Term, 



597- 



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50. 
ILLIAM and John Combe to Shakefpeare — 
Grant of four yard lands in Stratford Fields, 
1 May, 1602. The original grant figned by the 
Combes. 

5 1 - 
DECLARATION in an aclion in the 
Borough Court brought by Shakefpeare 
againft Philip Rogers to recover the fum of 
1/. 15J. lod. for malt fold to the latter, 1604. 



5 2 - 
HUBAND to William Shake- 
fpeare — Alignment of the leafe of a moiety 
of the great and fmall tithes of Stratford-upon-Avon 
for the remainder of a term of ninety-two years, 24 
July, 1605. 



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53- 
I US ANNA HALL, widow, Thomas Nam 
and Elizabeth his wife, to George Nam and 
others — Covenant to levy a fine and fuffer a recovery 
of New Place, and other Shakefperian property, 27 
May, 1639. 

54- 
|pf|SETWEEN Sufanna Hall widow and Eliza- 
fUSSI beth Nam widow of the firft part, Richard 
Lane and William Smith of the fecond part, and 
William Hathaway and Thomas Hathaway of the 
third part— Declaration of ufes relating to New Place 
and other Shakefperian property, 2 June, 1647. 



55- 
;OHN BARNARD efquire and Elizabeth 
his wife to Henry Smith and William 
Fetherfton — Covenant to levy a fine of New Place 
and other Shakefperian property, 20 October, 1652. 



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S 6. 
|LIZABETH BARNARD to Henry Smith 
and Job Dighton — Difpofition of the above 
property in truft, 18 April, 1653. 



57- 
ROBATE of Lady Barnard's Will, 29 Jan- 
uary, 1669. The original, but unfor- 
tunately much ftained and defaced. 



58. 
ENRY SMITH and Edward Bagley to Sir 
Edward Walker, Knight — Conveyance of 
New Place, &c. 18 May, 1675. 




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59- 
ARRIAGE Articles of Hugh Clopton 
efquire with Mifs Elizabeth Millward, and 
the alignment of the leafes fettled on their marriage, 

1702. 



60. 
RIBAND worn at Garrick's Jubilee. 



fcEffill LARGE block of the mulberry tree, and a 
jyS^f piece of the very wood out of which was 
made the box prefented to Garrick in 1769. 



62. 
H PORTRAIT of Shakefpeare engraved by 
Howbraken from the Chandos portrait, now 
the property of the nation. 




JUlgrav^cUby^I; 3 c 



(o, 



/// Me //r„, //6>3. 



'Pub. lSZS,bv Saunders & Oi.t.lev.i'rndaif Street, and W/ 1 //'«■;, .v <"'.' '1'cultri, 



COLLECTION. 



49 



63. 
HOTOGRAPH from a portrait of the late 
R. B. Wheler, taken when he was about 
thirty years of age. 



64. 
iSSSN oil painting of Stratford, mowing the parim 
WM^» church before the wooden fpire was taken 
down in 1764, and alfo the charnel-houfe. 



65. 
|||KNOTHER old view of Stratford, taken from 
JjlQ^I the Crofs on the Hill. An oil painting. 



66. 

BLASTER cafts of Garrick, John Combe, 
and others. 



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67. 



SMALL block of Shakefpeare's crab-tree. 

68. 
PIECE of wood taken from Shakefpeare's 
pew in the Parim Church, when the Church 
was altered. 

6 9 . 

N Apoftle's Spoon. See Henry VIII. 



70. 

N impreflion of the Seal of the Peculiar of 
Stratford-on-Avon. 



7i- 

WO writs irTued in Shakefpeare's fuit againft 
John Addenbroke, 1608 and 1609. 



COLLECTION. 51 



72. 
ICHARD LANE to Thomas Hathway, 
joiner — Conveyance of a houfe in Chapel 
Street, 1647. 



73- 
iDRIAN QUINEY to Richard Godwin— 
Feoffment of premifes in Bridge Street, the 
old Red Lion Inn, 28 June, 1567. 



74- 
jRS. Elizabeth Quiney, widow, and Mr. 
Adrian Quiney, to William Mountford — 
Feoffment of premifes in Wood Street, 4 December, 
161 1. Judith Shakefpeare is a witnefs, but figns 
with a mark. 



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IS- 
ILLIAM CHANDLER to William Smith 
—Feoffment of garden ground near Swine 
Street and Wood Street, I April, 1629. Thomas 

Quiney is a witnefs to this deed. 



76. 
||}j||HE celebrated Letter from Mr. Richard 
?§||3 Quiney to Shakefpeare, 1 598, the only letter 
addrefled to Shakefpeare known to exift. 



77- 



jRITTON'S caft of the monumental effigy. 



78. 



SILVER medal ftruck for the Jubilee, 
1769. 



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79- 
SMALL oil painting of Garrick. 

80. 
PORTRAIT of Garrick in character. In 
oil. 

81. 
PORTRAIT of Mrs. Garrick. In oil. 

82. 
lEEDS refpedling the Hathaway family. 



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33- 
|HANDLER to Smith— Feoffment of garden 
ground near Swine Street and Wood Street, 
1629. Counterpart of the leafe of the trees and 
foil in the Bancroft, 1731. Blackford to Black- 
ford — Feoffment of premifes in Sheep Street, 1578. 
A deed dated in Oclober, ^ Elizabeth, 1591, to 
which one Thomas Shaxper is a witnefs. 

84. 
HE Overture, Songs, &c, in the Jubilee or 
3 Shakefpeare's Garland, as performed at Strat- 
ford-upon-Avon, and the Theatre Royal, Drury 
Lane, compofed by Charles Dibdin. 4to. 

85. 
YMNS, Odes, Songs, written and compiled 
for the mafonic Jubilee at Shakefpeare 
Lodge, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1793. i2mo. 



COLLECTION. 55 

86. 
SMALL bottle, hermetically fealed, con- 
taining juice made from fome mulberries 

gathered from Shakefpeare's tree before it was cut 

down in 1758. 



BRONZE Jubilee Medal of 1824. 



iN Hiftorical and Defcriptive Account of the 
Birth-Place of Shakefpeare, byR.B. Wheler, 
1823. 4-to, The author's manufcript. 



89. 
AUCER to Saucer — Grant of houfes and 
premifes in Corn Street, Henley Street, and 
Church Street, 10 Richard II. 1387. 



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90. 

|ANKYN to Gadlyf— Grant of twenty 
{Killings annually out of half of a burgage 
in Swine Street, 2 Edward III. 



H|ENERAL releafe from Sir Roger Dyos, late 
vicar of Stratford, to the Corporation, 13 

November, 1576, 

It is hardly neceflary to obferve that the title of fir 
here, applied to a prieft, merely anfwers to that of 

dominus. 



92. 
m ESTYNTON to Fille and Saucer— Grant 
of twelve-pence annually out of a houfe in 
Henley Street. 



COLLECTION. 57 



93- 
HARTER refpecling the foundation of the 
Free School of Stratford by Thomas Jolyffe, 
22 Edward IV. 148 2. 



94. 
j^RANT of the life-intereft of Alice Trout in 
lands at Shottery to the Guild, who were 
entitled to the reverfion thereof, 17 Hen. VI. 1439. 



95- 
g|[§|§ LYTHE and Baker to the Guild of the 
Ijti Holy Crofs at Stratford, 22 Edward IV. 
1482 — Grant of two houfes and gardens in Wood 
Street. 



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9 6. 
OHN Hall of Hooknorton to the Gild of 
p the Holy Crofs — Grant of a houfe in Wood 
Street for repairing the Great Bridge, fupporting the 
Alms People, and paying the Curate, ^December, 
ii Henry VIII. 1520. 

97- 
R. Robert Parrott's difcharge from ferving 
offices on payment of 40/., with the auto- 
graph of Sir Thomas Lucy, 1570. 



I HE autograph of Edward Clopton, 1693. 

99- 

N abftract of title to the White Lion Inn in 
Henley Street. 4to. Manufcript. 



COLLECTION. 59 



100. 



gJgLICE BELLAMY and others fell to Richard 
S§ Phillips of Stratford-upon-Avon, painter, a 
mefluage on the weft fide of Chapel Street, 1657. 



101. 
IHOMAS COMBE to William Combe his 
fon — Conveyance of Drayton tithes and a 
meadow called Parfon's Piece, 1657. 

102. 
ILLIAM SMITH to William Combe- 
Conveyance of a clofe at Stratford, 1 1 
February, 16 12. 

103. 
HARLES Earl of Middlefex to Martha 
Weft, widow — Leafe of houfe and premifes 
in Wood Street, 1675. 





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104. 
§g BOND dated 6 April, 1675, to which 
George Hart is a witnefs. 

105. 
BOND and feoffment from William Welles 
to Nicholas Lane of Bridgetown, 1584. 



•-v. 



m 



106. 

WRIT endorfed by George Carew, 1602. 



107. 
SUPPLICATION to the King and Queen 
by the Corporation againft John a Combes, 
fon of John a Combes deceafed, late Matter of the 
Guild, charging him with having in his hands money 
received by his late father for lands in Studley for 
the maintenance of poor people, 1553. 



COLLECTION. 61 



108. 
[OCUMENTS collected by R. B. Wheler, 
fol. Including, a fine between John Bar- 
nard and Henry Smith plaintiffs, and Richard Lane 
and Mary his wife deforciants, refpecting property 
at Stratford and Welcombe, 1 650 ; an original letter 
from Sidney Davenport to Dr. Hall, 1632; extracts 
from the regifter of Knoll ; articles of agreement 
made between Shakefpeare and Replingham, 16 14; 
a fine between John Shakefpere plaintiff, and Edmund 
Hall and Emma his wife deforciants, of meffuages 
at Stratford ; original award reflecting Dr. HalFs 
pew in the parifh church, 1635 ; original memo- 
randa by Thomas Greene refpecting the inclofures, 
16 14; a capias John Pace v. Ric. Hathaway, 1576 ; 
inventory of Mr. Elderton's effects at the White 
Lion Inn ; copy of the letter to Mr. Manwaryng 
refpecting the Stratford enclofures, 16 14; Malone's 
memoranda on the Lucy family. 



62 THE WHELER 

109. 

Collections on Stratford, &c, by r. b. 

Wheler. 4to. Manufcript. A valuable 
collection of copies of documents refpecling Shake- 
fpeare and Stratford-on-Avon, tranfcribed from the 
archives of the Corporation, and from other fources. 



no. 
CONTINUATION of the albums kept at the 
Church for the names of vifitors to the 
tomb of Shakefpeare to the year 1854. See No. 
2 3- 

1 1 1. 
BRIEF account of Stratford-upon-Avon. 
i2mo. 1799- Veryjcarce. 



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112. 
CLONE'S Life of Shakefpeare, 8vo. 1821, 
with fome manufcript notes by R. B. 

Wheler. 



113. 



HAKESPEARE Reliques, illuftrative of the 
Life of Shakefpeare, in the poffeflion of 
J. O. Halliwell, Efq. ^to. 1852. 



114. 
RELAND'S Papers and Confeffions, 1796- 
805 ; Malone's Inquiry, 1796 ; Huckell's 
Avon, MS. by R. B. Wheler ; Britton's Remarks, 
1 8 18 ; Hiftrionic Topography, 18 18 ; another copy 
of Wheler's Hiftory of Stratford, with feveral plates 
inferted by Mr. Wheler. 




CHISWICK PRESS: — PRINTED BY WHITTINGHAM AND WILKINS, 
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE. 



